The Soft and Delicate Princess Strikes Back

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A bright, quirky beauty VS a duplicitous, scheming emperor who says one thing and means another

Synopsis at the very bottom~

Story blurb

Rugged, roguish general VS gentle, delicate princess

Rekindled romance, a powerful, doting relationship later on, both are each other's first

One day, the soldiers in the camp all silently realized that their general, who had never been interested in women, was hiding a beautiful woman in his tent. Behind the warm curtains, they made love night and day, and in the middle of the night, the beauty in the tent could often be heard sobbing softly.

Someone was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the beauty one day. She looked over with a pair of glistening, watery eyes. Her face was as lovely as jade, her lips red, and her radiant smile stole the heart. Looking closer, they were astonished to see that her features bore a striking resemblance to the princess of the enemy nation.

When Duan Jinghong heard the rumor, his expression remained cool. He gently twirled a lock of hair belonging to the sleeping child in his arms. "She is the very same person. Why speak of a resemblance?"

Everyone: "!!!"

They never imagined their general was so formidable that he had even brought the enemy nation's noble princess to heel.

One day, Su Mian, whom everyone said the general had completely under his thumb, was talking with a close friend in her room. "Though he commands an army of six hundred thousand, I've never seen him lead the troops. I imagine it must be quite a sight."

Duan Jinghong stood beside the door, hearing every word. He was silent for a moment, then turned and left.

At dawn the next day, the six hundred thousand soldiers heard the drums pounding heavily. Thinking the enemy had attacked, they rushed to assemble in their armor, only to see their general in cold, silver-gray armor, carefully helping the still-drowsy little princess up the steps.

"Yesterday you said you wanted to see me lead the troops. Why are you unwilling to get up early?"

His voice was gentle and indulgent, with a hint of coaxing.

Looking at the general, they saw a smile in his eyes and across his brows. His gaze was fixed entirely on the person before him. How could he possibly resemble the Canglan general who had once been so decisive and merciless in battle?

Some people whispered behind Su Mian's back that she had approached him with evil intentions, and that she should be killed to offer her head as a sacrifice before Beiyang and Nansu went to war.

Duan Jinghong sent people to pull out the gossiper's tongue and sever his hamstrings. He stepped on the man's fingers, then looked down at him with a smile and said coldly:

"My six hundred thousand troops were raised for her. She can use them if she wants, or abandon them if she doesn't. Who dares question her?!"

After that, no one dared voice another objection.

PS:

The heroine temporarily loses her hearing due to an accident, but recovers later.

The early part is plot-focused, slow-burn, and a little angsty. Later, it focuses on their romance, with sweetness levels through the roof.

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Expected to launch in mid-February!!!

Year Five of the Daming era.

On the very first night she enters the palace to attend Emperor Shengyuan, Jiang Suisui is reborn.

She returns to the year she was fifteen.

In her previous life, she did everything she could to become empress. But in the end, she could not protect her own family, and the entire Chancellor's household was sentenced to death.

The emperor was cold and heartless. He sent her to the Cold Palace and left her to suffer through a grave illness.

In this new life, she resolves to stop coveting the throne, to avoid the emperor's body and heart, and to live quietly in her own little courtyard.

She may have calculated everything on her abacus, but things never go as planned.

At another concubine's birthday banquet, the emperor arrives in person.

The many concubines wear gorgeous robes and jeweled hairpins.

But the handsome, refined Emperor Shengyuan slowly lifts his deep-set gaze. It passes over the many beauties and jewels, coming to rest on the pale little face of a young woman in the corner, who is busy gobbling down her food.

As she sits there, frightened and at a loss, the emperor gives a soft scoff. His gaze settles on the few crumbs clinging to the corner of her mouth, and he asks coolly, "What, have I treated you poorly?"

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Song Yan always has his eye on the woman living in Yun Gui Courtyard.

To his face, she's cautious and deferential, but behind his back, she's always tempting him.

At a small banquet, she treats him coldly and speaks to him at a distance. Later, though, she leaves one of her embroidered shoes in the garden of the palace, right along his path, to lure him over.

He hates it when concubines play these little games.

As he sits by the bed, eyes lowered over her sleepy face, he thinks he will measure her foot and expose her true intentions. But when his warm hand closes around her delicate foot, he feels only its fine, snowy skin.

For a moment, he cannot bring himself to let go, lingering over it again and again.

Later, when he hears people say she is timid and fearful, he cannot help but scoff.

She dares deceive even him. If anything, she must be incredibly bold.

But why is she like this...

He furrows his brow, lost in thought.

Only later does Emperor Shengyuan finally understand: it must be because he has indulged her.

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As the lowest-ranking concubine in the palace, with the emperor suppressing her, Jiang Suisui naturally keeps her original resolve in mind at all times. She tells herself she must stay farther and farther away from Emperor Shengyuan.

But later, when the emperor is condemned by all under heaven and shuts himself away in the Forbidden Palace, she cannot resist feeling pity for him. She braves layer after layer of restrictions to reach him in person.

When she sees him, she strokes Emperor Shengyuan's handsome brows and eyes.

She murmurs softly, "I believe in Your Majesty."

The emperor stares intently at the young woman before him. Hearing the same words in her heart as those she speaks aloud, a hint of a smile touches his features, hidden in the darkness.

He says, "Since that is so, I will make you empress."

When the imperial edict appointing her empress arrives, the person who had been carefully planning to escape amid the current chaos is left thinking: ???

Her damn soft heart has done her no favors.

Jiang Suisui: In this life, all I wanted at first was to protect myself and my family. But seeing him sink into loneliness in the abyss of this court, I couldn't stand by and do nothing. Perhaps only now have I finally seen him clearly.

This story is also known as:

#The Concubine in the Harem Who Keeps Coveting Me#

#Turns Out I Was the One Coveting Her#

#You Ignored Me in My Past Life, Now You're Out of My League#

PS:

Bright, quirky beauty VS a deep, scheming emperor who says one thing and means another

Both leads are each other's first; sweet romance with no major angst, so dive right in

The heroine is reborn from the start. She's clever and strategic, and no pushover.

Both leads can hear each other's thoughts after an accident.

The heroine misunderstood the hero in her previous life, but they will clear things up.

In this life, the hero has to win her back.

Theme: Love of country and family, growing and striving together